Light a Fire: Education Quotes » Children

Born with Talent

admin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:02:40 +0000

“I believe that every person is born with talent.” ~~ Maya Angelou

Children’s Talent

admin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:01:33 +0000

“Children’s talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.” ~~ Maya Angelou

Any Book

admin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:59:56 +0000

“Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him. ” ~~ Maya Angelou

King of All Wild Things

admin — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:16:00 +0000

“And Max, the king of all wild things, was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all.”
~~ Maurice Sendak (from “Where the Wild Things Are”)

A Wild Thing

admin — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:05:24 +0000

“Inside all of us is a Wild Thing” ~~ Maurice Sendak in “Where the Wild Things Are”

When a Child Asks

admin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:17:16 +0000

“When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness’ sake. But don’t make a production of it. Children are children, but they can spot an evasion quicker than adults, and evasion simply muddles ‘em.” ~~ Atticus Finch in Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”, Chapter 9

A Baby

admin — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:46:59 +0000

“A baby is God’s opinion that the world should go on.” ~~ Carl Sandburg

Turn Off the TV Set

admin — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:59:46 +0000

“And I’ve said this all across the country when I talk to parents about education, government has to fulfill its obligations to fund education, but parents have to do their job too. We’ve got to turn off the TV set, we’ve got to put away the video game, and we have to tell our children that education is not a passive activity, you have to be actively engaged in it. If we encourage that attitude and our community is enforcing it, I have no doubt we can compete with anybody in the world.” ~~ Barack Obama

Young Men

admin — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:08:41 +0000

“Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile.” ~~ Henry B. Adams

Children Should be Educated

admin — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:47:03 +0000

“Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.” ~~ John Adams